Jimmy Carter and Hina Jilani speak to the BBC World Service about the murder of Farzana Parveen, who was stoned to death by members of her own family outside the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Tuesday.

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“There’s no possible way to find a verse in the Bible where Jesus indicates any inferiority of women compared to men.”

Following the publication of his book A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power, Jimmy Carter gave a series of media interviews, discussing the link between religion and the abuse of women around the world.

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